CONTENTS OF VOLUME 19 Volume 19 Number 1 C. A. Mora, C. A. Baumann, Biodistribution of synthetic thymosin f, in the J. E. Paino, A. L. Goldstein and serum, urine, and major organs of mice M. Badamchian J. Rayward, V. G. Villarrubia, C. Guillen, An extract of the fern Polypodium leucotomos A. Prieto, M. Rodriguez-Zapata, inhibits human peripheral blood mononuclear G. Sada and M. Alvarez-Mon cells proliferation in vitro S. Tanaka, T. Murakami, H. Horikawa, Suppression of arthritis by the inhibitors of M. Sugiura, K. Kawashima and T. Sugita dipeptidy! peptidase IV M. Kubera, B. Pawlicki, Effect of sciatic denervation on cell-mediated A. Skowron-Cendrzak and J. Shani immunity F. Nava, G. Calapai, G. Facciola, Effects of interleukin-10 on water intake, loco- S. Cuzzocrea, M. C. Marciano, motory activity, and rectal temperature in rat A. De Sarro and A. P. Caputi treated with endotoxin A. Meilin, Y. Sharabi and J. Shoham Analysis of thymic stromal cell subpopulations grown in vitro on extracellular matrix in defined medium—V. Proliferation regulating activities in supernatants of human thymic epithelial cell cultures D. D. Lazarus, T. Kambayashi, Vesnarinone inhibits immune-mediated but not M. Yato-Kioka, H. Baumann, Fas (CD95) agonist-mediated hepatic injury C. O. Jacob and G. Strassmann An Invitation to Join the International Society for Immunopharmacology General Information and Instructions to Authors Volume 19 Number 2 M. Badamchian, C. A. Mora, Biodistribution of synthetic thymosin «, in the C. A. Baumann, J. E. Paino and serum, urine and major organs of mice A. L. Goldstein Contents M. Mihara, N. Takagi, K. Urakawa, 67 Preventive effect of a novel antifolate, MX-68, Y. Moriya and Y. Takeda in murine systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) R. W. Stuart, D. L. Lefkowitz, 75 Upregulation of phagocytosis and candidicidal J. A. Lincoln, K. Howard, activity of macrophages exposed to the immuno- M. P. Gelderman and S. S. Lefkowitz stimulant, acemannan M. Wu Are immunoconjugates useful for therapy with autoimmune diseases? F. Stoll-Keller, C. Schmitt, Effects of morphine on purified human blood C. Thumann, M. P. Schmitt, monocytes. Modifications of properties involved C. Caussin and A. Kirn in antiviral defences V. Vonarx, M. T. Foultier, Photodynamic effect on the specific antitumor L. Anasagasti, L. Morlet, Y. Lajat immune activity and T. Patrice Short Communication R. Yadav, R. Misra and S. Naik In vitro effect of gold sodium thiomalate and methotrexate on tumor necrosis factor produc- tion in normal healthy individuals and patients with rheumatoid arthritis Immunotoxicology C. Corréa-Sales, C. E. Tosta and The effects of anesthesia with thiopental on T L. V. Rizzo lymphocyte responses to antigen and mitogens in vivo and in vitro An Invitation to Join the International Society for Immunopharmacology General Information and Instructions to Authors Volume 19 Number 3 A. Kumar, S. M. Singh and A. Sodhi Effect of prolactin on nitric oxide and inter- leukin-1 production of murine peritoneal macro- phages: role of Ca” and protein kinase C J. N. Liu, Y. Yoshida, M. Q. Wang, B cell stimulating activity of seaweed extracts Y. Okai and U. Yamashita V. Pires, R. C. Harab, B. Olej and OQuabain effects on activated lymphocytes: V. M. Rumjanek augmentation of CD25 expression on TPA- stimulated cells and of CD69 on PHA- and TPA- stimulated cells Contents K. Rodgers and S. Xiong 149 Contribution of inflammatory mast cell media- tors to alterations in macrophage function after malathion administration G. Filaci, N. Pelli, T. Sacco, S-adenosil-L-methionine is able to reverse the P. Contini, L. Lanza, A. Picciotto, immunosuppressive effects of chenodeoxycholic M. Scudeletti, F. Puppo, G. Castiglioni acid in vitro and F. Indiveri A.-L. Guiot, D. Rigal and G. Chappuis Spontaneous programmed cell death (PCD) process of lymphocytes of FIV-infected cats: pharmacological modulation in vitro Short Communication M. N. Kolopp-Sarda, M. C. Béné, Kinetics of specific salivary IgA responses in J. M. Allaire, A. M. Perruchet and man after oral challenge by a ribosomal immuno- G. C. Faure stimulant An Invitation to Join the International Society for Immunopharmacology General Information and Instructions to Authors Volume 19 Number 4 G. Meneses, M. A. Delgado, Thymostimulin increases natural cytotoxic M. A. Perez-Machado, A. Prieto, activity in patients with breast cancer R. Alonso, F. Carrion, E. Lanzos and M. Alvarez-Mon R. Banduwardene, A. B. Mullen Immune responses of Leishmania donovani and K. C. Carter infected BALB/c mice following treatment with free and vesicular sodium _ stibogluconate formulations R. Markova, S. Marinova, B. Petrunov, Stimulating effect of an oral polybacterial J. Cvetanov, P. Nenkov, A. Radinov, immunomodulator on the proliferative activity of L. Tchorbadjiiska and D. Konstantinova guinea pig lymphocytes K. Németh, G. Bugovics and Antiapoptotic effect of benzyloxycarbonyl- J. 1. Székely aspartyl-(B-tertier-butyl ester)-bromomethyl- ketone (Z-D(OtBU)-BMK), an intermediate of interleukin1- converting enzyme inhibitors S. A. Malacrida, N. A. Teixeira Regulation of stress-induced reduced myelo- and M. L. S. Queiroz poiesis in rats Contents Short Communications B. Obminska-Domoradzka The effect of DTC on mitogen-induced pro- liferation of thymocytes in restrained mice. Comparison with calf thymus extract R. Pacifici, S. Di Carlo, A. Bocosi, Cytokine production in saquinavir treated mice S. Pichini and P. Zuccaro An Invitation to Join the International Society for Immunopharmacology General Information and Instructions to Authors Volume 19 Number 5 H. Bessler, B. Caspi, M. Gavish, Peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptor ligands M. Rehavi, J. Hart and R. Weizman modulate human natural killer cell activity T. Kirikae, H. Tamura, M. Hashizume, Endotoxin contamination in fetal bovine serum F. Kirikae, Y. Uemura, S. Tanaka, and its influence on tumor necrosis factor produc- T. Yokochi and M. Nakano tion by macrophage-like cells J774.1 cultured in the presence of the serum N. Papadogiannakis and B. Barbieri Lipoxygenase inhibitors counteract protein kinase C mediated events in human T lymphocyte pro- liferation K. Mittenbihler, M. Loleit, W. Baier, Drug specific antibodies: T-cell epitope—lipo- B. Fischer, E. Sedelmeier, G. Jung, peptide conjugates are potent adjuvants for small G. Winkelmann, C. Jacobi, J. Weckesser, antigens in vivo and in vitro M. H. Erhard, A. Hofmann, W. Bessler and P. Hoffmann Short Communication C. Pham-Huy, H. Galons, J. Voisin, In vitro and in vivo immunosuppressive potential J. Zhu, S. Righenzi, J.-M. Warnet, of thalidomide and its derivative, N—hydroxy- J.-R. Claude and H.-T. Duc thalidomide, alone in combination with cyclo- sporin A Immunotoxicology M. E. Sisson, M. J. Rieder, I. A. Bird Suppression of pokeweed mitogen-driven human and W. Y. Almawi IgM and IgG responses by the hydroxylamine of sulfamethoxazole L. S. F. Soderberg and J. T. Flick Acute blood toxicity of the abused inhalant, cyclohexyl nitrite Contents An Invitation to Join the International Societfyo r Immunopharmacology General Information and Instructions to Authors Volume 19 Number 6 M. Viora, G. Di Genova, R. Rivabene, Interference with cell cycle progression and W. Malorni and A. Fattorossi induction of apoptosis by dideoxynucleoside analogs F. Garbin, K. Eckert, P. Immenschuh, Prothymosin al effects, in vitro, on the anti- E. D. Kreuser and H. R. Maurer tumor activity and cytokine production of blood monocytes from colorectal tumor patients u, F. Bai, C. M. Tummalapalli, The interactive effects of cocaine/gender on . Miller, L. Middaugh and immune function in mice. An observation of . Boggan in vivo acute cocaine exposure iswas, V. K. Singh, A. Rastogi, Stimulation of IL-2 production and CD2R haran, W. Haq, K. B. Mathur and expression by splenopentin analogs . Agarwal I. Yamamoto, T. Adachi, Y. Kishiro, Interleukin-2-dependent augmentation of the M. Fujiwara and E. Gohda anti-TNP antibody production by sodium butyrate in cultured murine splenic B cells Short Communication Y. Okai and K. Higashi-Okai Potent anti-inflammatory activity of phenophytin a derived from edible green alga, Enteromorpha prolifera (Sujiao-nori) An Invitation to Join the International Society for Immunopharmacology General Information and Instructions to Authors Volume 19 Number 7 Y. Yoshida, M. Q. Wang, J. N. Liu, 2 5 9 Immunomodulating activity of Chinese medicinal B. E. Shan and U. Yamashita herbs and Oldenlandia diffusa in particular Contents R. A. Burger, A. R. Torres, R. P. Warren, 371 Echinacea-induced cytokine production by V. D. Caldwell and B. G. Hughes human macrophages M. Yamashiki, A. Nishimura, T. Nobori, In vitro effects of Sho-saiko-to on production of S. Nakabayashi, T. Takagi, K. Inoue, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor by mono- M. Ito, K. Matsushita, H. Ohtaki and nuclear cells from patients with chronic Y. Kosaka hepatitis C E. Hermann, T. Idziorek, J.-P. Kusnierz, Role of nitric oxide in the regulation of lympho- Y. Mouton, A. Capron and G. M. Bahr cyte apoptosis and HIV-1 replication N. Zenda, S. Okubo, Z.-Q. Hu, Y. Hara Erythrocyte-dependent mitogenic activity of and T. Shimamura epigallocatechin gallate on mouse splenic B cells T. Ishiko, K. Sakamoto, S. Mita, Evidence that eosinophil infiltration in the H. Kamohara and M. Ogawa OK-432/fibrinogen-injected Meth-A tumor in mice is mediated by locally produced IL-5 An Invitation to Join the International Society for Immunopharmacology General Information and Instructions to Authors Volume 19 Number 8 H. Heidecke, K. Eckert, Prothymosin a1 effects in vitro on chemotaxis, K. Schulze-Forster and H. R. Maurer cytotoxicity and oxidative response of neutro- phils from melanoma, colorectal and breast tumor patients ’. I. Ezeamuzie, M. Al-Hage and The effect of salmeterol on human eosinophils .N. P. Nwankwoala is both stimulus- and response-dependent A. Vacek, K. Barnet, M. Hofer, Stimulation of hemopoietic colony formation . Cech, J. Pekarek and H. Schneiderova from mouse marrow cells in vitro using human dialyzable leukocyte extracts-IMMODIN- SEVAC <. Rodgers and S. Xiong Effect of acute administration of malathion by oral and dermal routes on serum histamine levels . M. Taha and K. S. Tabbara Modulation of the immune response of Balb/c mice against Leishmania major by Imuvert . Mander, S. Hill, A. Hughes, Differential effects on TNFa production by . Rawlins, C. Clark, G. Gammon, pharmacological agents with varying molecular B. Foxwell and M. Moore sites of action Contents An Invitation to Join the International Society for Immunopharmacology General Information and Instructions to Authors Volume 19 Number 9/10 FIRST EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY 26-29 MAY 1997, BERLIN, GERMANY K. N. Masihi, K. Madaj, H. Hintelmann, 463 Down-regulation of tumor necrosis factor-a, G. Gast and Y. Kaneko moderate reduction of interleukin-1B, but not interleukin-6 or interleukin-10, by glucan immuno- modulators curdlan sulfate and lentinan Y. Y. Maeda, S. Takahama, Y. Kohara Polygenic control of the expression ofb iological and H. Yonekawa activities ofa n antitumor polysaccharide, lentinan M. Hoerer, C. Bogedian, U. Scheer, The use of recombinant adeno-associated viral C. Heberger, S. Steyrer, A. Burger and vectors for the transduction of epithelial tumor G. Maass cells J. Zaloudik, V. Vagunda, Biomarkers for predicting response to regional M. Drahokoupilova, L. Janakova, chemo-immunotherapy in liver metastases from . Talac, J. Kalabis and M. Sheard colorectal carcinoma 2. Krusteva, S. Hristova, D. Damyanov, Clinical study of the effect of the preparation . Bogdanoyv, I. Altaparmakov and DEODAN on leukopenia, induced by cytostatics 2. Pacelli . Eckert, E. Griinberg, F. Garbin and Preclinical studies with prothymosin a1 on mono- . R. Maurer nuclear cells from tumor patients . G. Morozov and V. Kh. Khavinson Natural and synthetic thymic peptides as thera- peutics for immune dysfunction . MaSek and P. Petrovicky Morphological and pharmacological evidence for the existence of brain regulatory circuits in the immune response . Sendo, T. Kato and H. Yazawa Modulation of neutrophil apoptosis by psycho- logical stress and glucocorticoid . D. Kraneveld, G. Folkerts, Airway hyperresponsiveness: first eosinophils . J. M. Van Oosterhout and and then neuropeptides . P. Nijkamp Contents M. Cheido and G. Idova Neuropeptides in the immunomodulation: sub- stance P-induced stimulation of immune response in mice G. Idova, M. Cheido and L. Devoino Modulation of the immune response by changing neuromediator systems activity under stress J. Mimouni, J. C. Farine, A. Melhaoui The immunomodulator OM-89 induces ACTH and R. Fontanges and glucocorticoid secretion in rats through an IL-1 dependent pathway W. G. Bessler, L. Heinevetter, Bacterial cell wall components as immuno- K.-H. Wiesmiiller, G. Jung, W. Baier, modulators—I. Lipopeptides as adjuvants for M. Huber, A. R. Lorenz, U. V. D. Esche, parenteral and oral immunization K. Mittenbiihler and P. Hoffmann W. G. Bessler, M. Huber and W. Baier Bacterial cell wall components as immuno- modulators—II. The bacterial cell wall extract OM-85 BV as unspecific activator, immunogen and adjuvant in mice E. Broug-Holub and G. Kraal In vivo study on the immunomodulating effects of OM-85 BV on survival, inflammatory cell recruitment and bacterial clearance in Klebsiella pneumonia U. Wendling, A. Bloemendal, Antirheumatic E£. coli extract OM-89 induces R. Van Der Zee, V. P. M. G. Rutten, T cell responses to HSP60 and 70 P. J. S. Van Kooten, J. C. Farine and W . Van Eden . A. Phipps, A. R. Moore, G. Gowland, Oral dosing of rats with OM-89 results in the A. Khanam and D. A. Willoughby appearance of specific OM-89 antibodies of the IgG», isotype: possible significance in the treat- ment of rheumatoid arthritis . Bellmann, H. Kolb, B. Hartmann, Intervention in autoimmune diabetes by targeting . Rothe, P. Rowsell, S. Rastegar, the gut immune system . Burghardt and F. W. Scott . Resch and M. Szamel Molecular mechanisms oft he immunosuppressive action of cyclosporin A . Zidek, A. Holy and D. Frankova Immunomodulatory properties of antiviral acyclic nucleotide analogues: cytokine stimulatory and nitric oxide costimulatory effects H. Farghali, S. Hynie, Z. Vohnikova and Possible dual role of nitric oxide in oxidative K. Masek stress injury: a study in perfused hepatocytes M. Hofer and M. Pospisil Glucan as stimulator of hematopoiesis in normal and gamma-irradiated mice. A survey of the authors’ results Contents J. Turanek, D. Zaluska, M. Hofer, 611 Stimulation of haemopoiesis and protection of A. Vacek, M. Ledvina and J. Jezek mice against radiation injury by synthetic ana- logues of muramyldipeptide incorporated in liposomes An Invitation to Join the International Societfyo r Immunopharmacology General Information and Instructions to Authors Volume 19 Number 11/12 E. Verastegui, J. L. Barrera, J. Zinser, A natural cytokine mixture IRX-2 and inter- R. Del Rio, A. Meneses, ference with immune suppression induce J. De La Garza and J. W. Hadden immune mobilization and regression of head and neck cancer J. W. Hadden The immunopharmacology of head and neck cancer: an update Z. Xia, H. Karlsson, J. W. DePierre Tricyclic antidepressants induce apoptosis in and L. Nassberger human T lymphocytes . Kanasugi, T. Hasegawa, Y. Goto, Single administration of enterococcal prepara- . Ohtsuka, S. Makimura and tion (FK-23) augments non-specific immune . Yamamoto responses in healthy dogs . Komatsu and M. Amano Inhibition of leukotriene B:-induced increase in intercellular calcium ion level of human peripheral blood polymorphonuclear leukocytes by Y-24180, an antagonist of platelet-activating factor receptor . Southey, S. Tanaka, T. Murakami, Pathophysiological role of nitric oxide in rat . Miyoshi, T. Ishizuka, M. Sugiura, experimental colitis . Kawashima and T. Sugita . Shichijo and H. Saito Effect of Chinese herbal medicines and disodium cromogylycate on IgE-dependent histamine release from mouse cultured mast cells . Shishodia, A. Sodhi and Cisplatin-induced activation of murine bone . Shrivastava marrow-derived macrophages require protein tyrosine phosphorylation . Sverko, T. Marotti, B. RoZi¢, Influence of methionine-enkephalin on stress- . Rabati¢ and I. Hrsak induced parameters Contents G. Elena, N. R. Puig, M. L. Bay, 699 Inhalatory anesthetic (halothane) associated L. Urizar, J. Barragan, J. Comba, changes in the immune response in mice and N. Amerio M. J. Hall, D. A. Lawrence, Long-term exposure to methotrexate induces J. C. Lansiedel, A. C. Walsh, immunophenotypic changes, decreased metho- L. L. Comstock and J. M. Kremer, trexate uptake and increased dihydrofolate gene copy number in Jurkat T cells C. Casnici, D. Lattuada, C. Perego, Inhibitory effect of somatostatin on human T P. Franco and O. Marelli lymphocytes proliferation B. S. Kang, E. Lee, I. Hong, J. Lee, Abolition of anaphylactic shock by Solanum and H. Kim lyratum THUNB Volume Contents and Author Index An Invitation to Join the International Society for Immunopharmacology General Information and Instructions to Authors